The Lakes At Ahwatukee
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3.5
675 Reviews (675)
5 Stars
87
4 Stars
221
3 Stars
187
2 Stars
79
1 Stars
101
Conditions
3.2
Value
4.0
Layout
3.8
Friendliness
4.4
Pace
4.0
Amenities
2.3
78.7%
Recommend this course
476 out of 675 reviews
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3.8
96 Reviews (96)
5 Stars
21
4 Stars
44
3 Stars
23
2 Stars
3
1 Stars
5
Conditions
3.6
Value
4.3
Layout
4.0
Pace
4.0
Amenities
2.4
StaffFriendliness
4.5
90.6%
Recommend this course
87 out of 96 reviews
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Average Rating
Avg Rating
3.7
128 Reviews (128)
5 Stars
32
4 Stars
54
3 Stars
26
2 Stars
6
1 Stars
10
Conditions
3.6
Value
4.3
Layout
4.0
Pace
4.0
Amenities
2.5
StaffFriendliness
4.4
87.5%
Recommend this course
112 out of 128 reviews
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Course Highlights
The Lakes consistently delivers some of the best putting surfaces in the Phoenix valley, with lush, well-manicured greens that outshine many premium courses. Friendly staff, smooth pace of play, and outstanding value make this course a smart choice for Arizona golfers.

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Holes 18
Type Public
Style Executive
Par 60
Length 3660 yards
Slope 100
Rating 59.2
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Course Details

Year Built 1980
Fairways Bermuda Grass
Greens Bermuda 328 Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Gary Panks (1980)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
GPS No
Pull-carts Yes
Caddies No
Clubs No

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Golf School/Academy Yes - "Ahwatukee Golf Academy"
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard, Amex Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed Yes
Walking Allowed Yes
Dress code No tank tops or cutoffs.

Food & Beverage

Bar, Grill

Available Facilities

Clubhouse
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3.5
675 Reviews (675)
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Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 53
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Great staff,good course, zero ambiance

It's too bad Mr G can't get a clubhouse built, can't get a liquor license, can't support handicaps or GPS with a National Course Rating Database. For 1/2 the course you have no GPS satellite yardage, it's all guesswork. The price is OK if you can get a deal. The staff is outstanding considering they have little to work with. $17 for 100 range balls is high. Still, you make your own fun and it's a good course for beginners if they bring enough balls. Not called the Lakes for nothing :>).

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 20
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 43
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 10
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Nice Exec Course

This is an interesting little course. Plenty of water to keep you honest.

Good value for the money. I will definitely play again.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 211
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 25+
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
2.0
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Course needs a lot of work

I know that this course was closed for many years, but it is not at all ready for play, and charging what they do is ridiculous. There are no amenities, we had to buy bottles of water and they were only available at the shipping container of a club shop. The staff was friendly, but the grounds were under construction and a lot of grass was dead. Pace of play was awful. We waited for 20 minutes at the 7th hole. Maybe in 2026 this course will be worth playing, but until they get everything built, it's not worth it.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 9
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 4
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 9
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Windy weather
Used cart

Like a muni

This course is working on making a comeback after being abandoned for nearly a decade. Played just a few weeks after rye over seed, the fairways were in good shape and the greens rolled true and were quick but not fast. A few dead spots on the greens but not so bad that is affected the roll.

A great course for the price - a great place to play with beginner golfers to show them the ropes and still have fun.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 36
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Basic municipal course

The course was ok but wouldn’t play it again. Got behind a 3 seniors that were extremely slow. Caught them on the third hole and the never offered to let me play through. I was by myself. Finally I just skipped #9 and drove by them. No courtesy or golf etiquette. No Marshall around either. And lastly it was cart path only.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 30
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Previously Played

4-hr Round

Tee off at 10 am got done at 1:50 pm, ridiculous for a small course par 60 , no ranger to maintain the 3 hr pace , plenty of workers in the club house, maybe the weather is to nice to be outside, today it was 81 degrees

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Needs to grow a bit.

The layout was good and the staff was excellent. The course has sone growing to do. Slow greens, not quite green yet. I'm confident it will get there.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
First Time Playing

Yikes

people were nice. but course is run down to the max

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Fair
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 13
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
1.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 191
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 250 Contributor
Previously Played

Greens, not as good as it could be,

They're just going through receding and everything so we were cart path only and the greens is not quite there yet and the fairway is haven't completely got all covered in grass again. Lot of bare spots but you can see that they're really putting the time and effort to get it back to normal. But we've decided not to go back for a couple weeks and let it completely go out and they're not going to let anybody drive on the course anyway. Only on the car pass. So couple weeks we'll give him a shot again

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 39
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Unfriendly marshall

Course is in bad shape. Even when you hit on the fairway, you have soil instead of grass.

Marshall was very unfriendly. Every one else was nice.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Poor
Pace Good
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 13
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
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